Necktie-fastener



7 (No Model.)

H. A.BERGL R. NEGKTIE PASTENER.

No. 450,881. Patented Apr. 21 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ADOLPII BERGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,881, dated April21, 1891.

Application filed July 1, 1890. Serial No. 357,352. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY ADOLPH BERGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners forNeckties, Gloves, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an adjustable fastening, looking, or holdingdevice particularly designed for neckties, scarfs, and similar articles.My said invention is also applicable to and will be found useful formany other purposes-such, for instance, as gloves,

corsets, carriage-curtains, or other articles in which two flaps are tobe removably secured together.

Primarily the object of my invention is to produce such a fasteningdevice in a simple and inexpensive manner, a further object being tomake the device capable of receiving and holding button-heads and likeprojections of varying sizes.

To this end my invention consists in a fastening device of substantiallyoblong form, comprising an enlarged concave lower portion terminating ina flexible tongue, a contracted convex upper portion or rim, and a spacebetween said rim and tongue.

My invention also includes the contraction or indentation of the lowerportion of said convex rim, whereby the button-head or projection willhave to be forced into the space between the tongue or rim against thetension of the tongue, and hence will be normally held in said space bythe pressure of said tongue.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like partsare desig nated by similar letters of reference, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modification thereof.

As shown in the drawings, A designates the body of my fastener, which,as stated, is of substantially oblong form. The lower portion B isenlarged and centrally concaved or depressed and terminates in a tongueC. (Shown by full lines in Figs. 2 and 3 and partially full andpartially dotted lines in Fig. 1.) The upper portion E is of convexedrim shape, having indented or contracted portions D 1) near the lowerportions thereof. The tongue (1, being a projection of the centralconcavity of the enlarged portion B, forms, with the rim of the convexportion E, a space H between said tongue and rim.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, my fastening device is provided with prongsF, by means of which it may be secured to the necktie, scarf,curtain-flap, or other article upon which itis employed. In use thebutton-head or similar projection KL is inserted into the concavity ofthe enlarged portion B, and then the device is moved downwardly or thebuttonhead upwardly until it passes the contracted portions D D of theconvex rim and enters the space H, where it is held by the normalpressure exerted against it by the tongue G. As shown, this buttoncomprises a buttonhead L, having a shank M, terminating in a tongue K;but any other form of button suitable for the purpose may be used.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the said fastening device is shownas combined with and formed in and out of a single piece G of thinmetal, which forms the necktie-supporting frame, and having a series ofopenings a therein, by means of which the necktie may be sewed orotherwise attached to the frame.

Preferably I prefer to form my fastening device of light thin sheetmetal whether it is made as a separate structure or out of and part ofthe necktie-supporting frame, for the reason that the fastening devicecan be cheaply and quickly formed out of metal by one punching and onestamping operation. I do not, however, wish to limit myself to sheetmetal, as pasteboard, celluloid, or other material may be used.

\Vhatlclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fastening device comprising an enlarged lower portion centrallyconcave and terminating in a flexible tongue, a contracted convex upperportion or rim, the lower edges of which are indented or contracted, anda space between said tongue and rim, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 24th day of June, A, D. 1890.

HENRY ADOLPI-I BERGER.

Witnesses:

E. R. KNOWLES, ERNEST O. WEBB.

